Overview
- Japan’s maritime safety agency reported a launch likely involving a ballistic missile from North Korea.
- South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed a projectile headed toward the Sea of Japan and said technical analysis is underway.
- Japan issued advisories urging ships and aircraft to watch for information updates and report any debris without approaching it.
- Yonhap linked the test to recent U.S. measures that sanctioned eight North Korean individuals and two entities and sought U.N. listings for seven foreign vessels.
- The firing is reported as North Korea’s seventh launch of 2025 and the second since President Lee Jae-myung took office, occurring 16 days after the previous test.